FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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First, I am going fishing first thing Thursday morning raining or not.  I have spent about as much time in the house as I can stand.  I am really interested to see what changes all this rain has made to the fishing.  One thing I am pretty sure of is that the upper ends will be muddy so I will have to change my game plan no matter what.  It will be one of those days where I have no preconceived notions as to what I might find so it will take an open mind tomorrow.  Plus want to put the new trolling motor through it’s paces and be sure all is good with that.

The rain has finally slacked off some this afternoon.  Our area has had from 5″ to over 10″ of rain, we have had 6″ plus, but it will be slowly moving out of here with the low tomorrow afternoon.  So we sure needed it but hope the damages are to a minimum.

Weather

89/75  Scattered thunderstorms in the morning then cloudy.  40% chance  Wind SE 10 – 15 mph.

Lake Level

Today  (Wednesday evening.)  95.64msl    Last Friday   94.98 msl  (It is charging up.)  This morning as I get ready to hit the lake  95.75 msl.   Home at 1:30 now  95.79 msl.  Friday morning as I finish this:  95.84 msl.

Solunar Times

Best  6:13 am to 8:13 am.   (Only relevant time.)

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When I got up at 5:30 it was lightly drizzling.  I checked the radar and the lake level and off I went.  Before we talk about the fishing lets get the lake condition report out of the way, and in a form that won’t be disjointed.

The water temp was 83 at the ramp, down about 4 degrees or so from before it rained.  Way up either arm the temp was in the low 80’s, and 80 in one place.  The water color is clear down lake except a place or two that had runoff, even that was not muddy.  What surprised me in both arms, there is no distinct mud line full of trash that I expected from this much rain.  Now it is possible that it is still coming but it was a gradual coloring up, but not muddy where I have been fishing.  Which is around the plant in that arm, and past the big bend in the other arm.   And looking at the bank the water is clearly on the way up, and should continue to do so.  So if you are thinking of fishing have at it.

I started pitching at the color change and this was the first one, which turned out to be the best for the morning.

It was not raining when I started, which did not last long as it rained the rest of the morning.  Starting where I have been fishing I really did alternate between pitching the plastic, swim jig, and buzzbait.  Today I did that in all kinds of different places specifically to see if there was any major change, and basically there isn’t.  The fish have been in the shallow cover, and there was no change.  Again pitching was still the ticket and 5 or 6 made it over the side before I moved on.

This is the buzzbait size, and other than getting broke off, none have been any better than this.  The first one was in 2″s of water on one of those bushes with lots of cover.

I left them biting where I have been fishing to head all the way down and then up to the plant area.  Like the creek arm, the color change is gradual.  The only thing that was different in the plant arm is I did not have a bite in 3 places, one where I have been catching the better ones.  From there it was the long channel bank and several took a swipe at the buzzbait, 2 made the boat, and a big one (maybe?) broke my line.  That is what I get for not re-trying.  It should be a mandatory practice every time you hit the water, but I digress.

On the way I stopped at a main lake point in sight of the ramp, it has stumps, and boated a couple on buzzbait, but they were really small.  I also hit a main lake bank with pretty good water on it with swim jig, nothing.  And before I continued on to the plant I made one pass in a big clear cove with buzzbait, not a bite.

The fishing today was ok.  It was not the 20+ fish mornings I have been having, around 10 today, but that had a lot to do with trying new places and moving even when they were biting.  But the goal, figure out what the rain might have done to the fishing was accomplished.  The answer: Nothing much.  Fishing was just like it has been and with the water still coming up I expect it to maybe even get a little better as more cover floods.

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I can always count on Billy to respond to my musings.

You will never be a true TEXAN. Sorry, that’s just how it is.
Cheaters…….SUCK!!!
Someone posted a picture of a boat in Port A. At first glance, everything seems normal. Looks like it’s sitting in the bay. Wrong, it was in a yard.
It’s “accept” responsibility. Yes, I’m a grammar/spelling nerd…….lol.

I figured that on being a Texan.  And cheaters do suck and more should be done when found.  One thing I learned from years of practicing criminal law, once a cheater, always a cheater.  And yep, Port A had another round but looks like we are out of the rain pattern.  Tough on them but we sure needed it.  And the “accept” thing, I know, I just get lazy on the editing.  I decided a long time ago since I do not do this for money that those kinds of mistake, while I am sure to some readers are quite distracting, it is what it is.  Plus I am usually tired and just want to get it done.  As usual thanks for your input, I always enjoy it.

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GO HOGS!

The Hogs are one win away from the championship round at the College World Series.  They have Florida tonight, and then tomorrow should Florida win.  So here we go, win 1 out of 2 and we are in.  Yahoo!

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I really was surprised that there was not more of a mud line with the accompanying trash.  My theory?  It was so freakin’ dry around here that much of it soaked in which kept the rise to a dull roar.  I hope this is right and the fishing just gets better.  So my advice – Go fishing!

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As soon as I post this I will pack and do a few things and head down to Corpus to meet Aaron for a little Upper Laguna fishing.  He has been whacking them so it will interesting to see if that continues.  They got more rain in that area so we shall see what effect it might have had.  But no matter what a trip there always includes a stop at Roy’s, one of my favorite tackle stores I have ever been in.  I promise not to buy anything, NOT.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines.